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[Nook Color General] Dr-Rockso:
I convinced my friend to buy a nook, rooted it for him, and was bricked within 2 days. Here is how I fixed it

EDIT: I tried to post a link, but was unable. If you go to theunlockr(dot)com and search for how to restore nook color to stock, there is a detailed article.

This took me almost 2 days of reboots, black screens, and freezing. I would get into CWR, and it would freeze. Had to reboot, got the black screen of death. Literally, a couple hundred reboots before it said that the OS has successfully installed, and of course, it froze again. Many more reboots, and it was finally at stock. I figure getting it back to stock was enough to return it.
[Nook Color General] rawfish:
Thanks, this is the direct link:

http://theunlockr.com/2011/02/14/how-to-restore-the-nook-color-to-stock

All instructions were taken from XDA, plus no guarantee it's the most updated :)

Moving on, great to hear you've gotten it back to stock. Man, you've got GREAT patience, a couple hundred reboots?

1) Was the SD inserted in or not? Curious about the OS successfully installed message, which is the result of 8x unsuccessful reboots without SD inserted.

2) Could you also provide a more detailed account on what you did? Looking forward to hear - thanks.
[Nook Color General] chrysilis:
Hi rawfish

I also have this issue and have been trying many things. My nook did boot nooter 0.2 (the light went green) but I couldn't get Win 7 or Ubuntu to connect to it. My screen never changes at all, no backlight even. Seems this may be a larger issue than most believe it to be, especially for people like us who don't live in the US.
[Nook Color General] rawfish:
If you can find a friend or person in your area having the same device, you can try to see if an SD you burned work on theirs. If it works on theirs, it's possible that your SD slot is defective :( - but then comes the question of it being in working condition before the bricking happened, right?

I still think mine's recoverable, as with yours. Could be a bad SD or reader, or bad contacts. I'm going to try out using another reader plus purchase an el-cheapo branded SD. I'm also going to try formatting it via another PC in a linux environment and messing around with the partitions.

I understand the trouble you may have taken to get the device - and this happens. All the best mate, and do cheer up, don't give up.
[Nook Color General] Dr-Rockso:
When I finally got it to work, the SD card was installed with the 1.0.1 stock OS on it, and CWR. The problem was that that (+) and (-) would only occasionally work. And if they did, it would usually freeze. I would be able to format system, but it would freeze if I tried to format data. Powered off, and I would get the black screen of death (BSoD). Once this happened, I would plug it into my computer so that I could hear the chime indicating a new device was plugged in. I found that ejecting the SD and then rebooting would sometimes help get rid of the BSoD. Then another power down, plug in the SD, and start again. Also, holding the N, +, and Power would sometimes help in launching CWR. I would usually have to hold for 60 seconds, but it would finally launch. It seemed like the nook was trying to run a process that slowing it down and causing it to freeze, but I couldn't figure out what it was. If I would wait an hour, it would boot CWR and allow me to format system and data, but then it would freeze when I would try to install the zip.

The successful install message was in CWR. It said Install From SD Card Complete, or something like that. After that, I still had to do the 8 reboots. It would load up the stock welcome screen and freeze. 8 reboots later, I got the video lady. Good enough to return it to the store.

It really was just persistence. It would usually take an hour of reboots before I was able to try to install the zip, and it probably failed on me 15+ times. The status bar would get half way, and freeze. Then I had to begin again. If it had been my nook instead of my friends, I probably would have given up. I wish I could be more specific, but unfortunately I am new to all of this. My nook rooted just fine, and fixing his is really my only experience with CWR. I just kept going until it worked.

Good luck! It is a pain in the ass, but it can happen.
[Nook Color General] chrysilis:
My wife has one as well so am able to test using that and the SD works fine in hers. The whole screen not turning on thing is weird though, does your screen turn on?

We bought them when on honeymoon in America so didn't have to pay a shipper or anything :)
[Nook Color General] rawfish:
Deleting the partitions manually with Gparted and using dd to burn the SDs and making sure the correct partitions are bootable doesn't seem to work. Last night I retried a lot of the previously attempted options, with no results.

It's weird to think that a working SD slot and a slew of cards will suddenly malfunction, but for now that seems like the most plausible reason why my NC can't boot anything off SD.

To think back how it all started, the device suddenly rebooted from HC preview v0.4 to stock BN 1.01 (rooted + installed CWR on eMMC) while the SD is inserted, then upon another reboot it simply stays dead, this gives me reason to believe that the internal boot partition is corrupted, and SD slot nuked hardware-wise.

Hmmm, really hoping to find someone else who has the same device, in my area.
[Nook Color General] Steelfan555:
Right now I am at the Black Screen of Death as well...

I think Barnes should refund me, but I am willing to do some tests for the good of society.
[Nook Color General] rawfish:
Sorry to hear that, and don't give up! Hope you took a look at the other threads, and this little pseudo checklist I made in the OP. Do share the outcome :)
[Nook Color General] FroztIkon:
Thank you Rawfish. The first option, the Dummies Guide to Fixing 'My Nook won't boot'

was what I needed to get started on the right track again. Though I'm not sure anyone wants to know how I ended up here, I'm grateful to those that put in the time and effort to find any of these solutions.

Thank you!
[Nook Color General] FroztIkon:
Update:

Ok, so after running through it, I ended up getting stuck on the boot screen that shows N. If I powered off, it would restart and get stuck at that screen. I tried the 8 shutdowns (it installed new software), but afterwards, it was still stuck. So, I tried another method I found on the forums. I powered off holding the N button and power, which caused it to boot back up and do a factory reset. I now have a factory fresh Nook.
[Nook Color General] rawfish:
Okay, it's been a while since I kept this thread updated - I contacted BN and had the device sent back, apparently the SD slot failed so they sent me a new one. I'm just wondering if it's sheer concidence that it happened, as I was tinkering with Nookie Honey preview v0.4, when the hardware suddenly failed.

Oh well, I guess the NC still remains as a 99.99% unbrickable device - with the 0.01% being related to the ambiguous root cause to my case.

I now have 2 NCs (one from the RMA process, another one from the $199 eBay deal.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mirolg:
Download miROM_Volume

it´s a mod, with autostart and all presetings WVGA

of SetVolume0.8.0 created by MarcLandis

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=395695
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mirolg:
for WVGA devices. works fine on toshiba TG01
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ai6908:
Sure have to try this...thanks brotha!:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcbofkc:
Works great. I broke the volume (it reverted back to old ugly windows interface)on my Elegancia Rom when I added an old task bar I like. This fixed it right up.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mwalt2:
Why make a new thread for an application that you did not create? It's just SetVolume0.8.0 created by MarcLandis here at XDA. Other then making the cab wvga only and removing some skins, did you do anything else?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=395695
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mirolg:
it´s a mod, with autostart and all presetings. this cab i have from modaco.com.

thank you for your info now i know the autor i will add this info in post 1

tnx, mirolg
[Droid 2 Global Android Development] tdegenaro:
I seem to have blown away the stock camera app. Video works but camera wont load. Any sources where I can get a copy of this?
[Droid 2 Global Android Development] -Gilgamesh-:
Here ya go. :)
[Droid 2 Global Android Development] anyok6:
Somewhat unrelated, but is anyone farmiliar with a way to turn off the damned shutter sound on the camera app for good?

Yes, I can turn my media volume down every time I want to take a picture but I'd rather not.

I have done some paging around to find something but I came up empty handed. If I knew more about android dev i'd like to try and take apart the camera.apk and just change it myself!

If anyone has any solution or tips would be glad to hear it.

Sorry for the Q/A.
[Droid 2 Global Android Development] -Gilgamesh-:
I am not sure of how else to modify the stock camera.apk, however I use a different camera app. Silent Snap. Not only do I like it a lot better than the stock app, there is also no shutter sound.
[Droid 2 Global Android Development] Spitemare:
If you're rooted and have busybox installed you can remove the shutter sound by executing the following commands in a terminal:

su
busybox mount -o rw,remount /system
cd /system/media/audio/ui
mv camera_click.ogg camera_click.ogg.bak
busybox mount -o ro,remount /system

That will remove the shutter sound. I'm not sure how to remove the focus beeps though.
[Droid 2 Global Android Development] anyok6:
Thanks a lot!

I will have to take apart the .apk and see if i can find the focus beep as well (and any other annoying, useless noises).

Will post if I do in fact find a result.
[Xoom General] Botero:
I haven't seen a definite answer on this. Where are ota updates coming from? I assume Google is out. Are we getting updates from VZW or Moto? I assume moto since activating is optional. Anyone heard anything definite?
[Xoom General] mormegil83:
My guess is verizon. it has their logo. they supply the network. even if you are not in contract or even using their service, i believe since they have their brand on the device they will do the updates. Even on my phones, when i select check for updates or receive and update it disables my data connection to use for the update.
[Xoom General] nindoja:
This is a complex issue. Both Google and Motorola will be responsible for the update.

Google will continue to update Honeycomb and fix any bugs it can.

Motorola will fix bugs specific to the Xoom and incorporate some changes that Google makes in the updates.

Verizon will be responsible for releasing the updates because they will do extensive internal testing on the update before releasing it onto their networks. People that don't have a contract with VZW will still get the update from their servers most likely though.
[Xoom General] jvward:
This is a Google experience device very similar to the nexus S and the OG Droid. While Verizon and Moto have a part to play in the update process, most of the updates for this device will almost come straight from Google.
[Xoom General] Shadomastr:
What about the wifi version? Who will provide updates for that?

Sent from my Epic 4G
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] mythek88:
I'm currently running coredroid v1.4. I uninstalled Locations because it kept closing itself, i didn't know that Titanium Backup can't restore uninstalled app. So now my Locations is not working :( can anyone plz upload an apk or show me how I can restore the app. thank you very much in advance for your help!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Russian-Style:
Hey, i want to have this Rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=957169

but i dont know how i can flash it on my X10.

I tried it with the flashtool, puted it in the Firmware order ... but i cant selevt it when i click on flash :(

Cyn anyone make a description for me ? :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumsdon:
Have you read this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=678513.

They are guides to flashing and rooting the X10 :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Russian-Style:
i cant answer there :(

i dont have the permission

my x10 is rootet and i have a custom rom on it but i dont know how i can get this rom on my phone
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumsdon:
I can't post there either lol. I have found a site which explains about the Flashtool. I am not sure how to use this as I have a HTC Desire. In Google type in X10 Roms and it should be the link at the bottom of the page (dkzone net). Hope this helps mate ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mozart40:
Es sollte wie beim X10 mini funktionieren. Du mußt noch xrecovery installieren und nach dem Neustart die "zurück"-Taste, am Besten wiederholt, drücken wenn der SE-Schriftzug kommt. Anschließend kannst du das ROM mit xrecovery flashen.

I think its the same at x10 mini (pro). Install xrecovery and press "back"-button on reboot when SE-logo will appear. With xrecovery you will be flash the rom.

bye
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caanda45:
Odin download anyone have the link for the captivate?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jprospere:
Flash is broken

Hi All,

I'm hoping someone can help me. I've been flashing various roms and different basebands to my phone. Now my phone won't go into flash mode. I'm running on babseband .54 and I'm trying to downgrade to .46 or .49 so I can try Trip's MIUI rom. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Russian-Style:
Danke dir :)

Hat geklappt nur hab ich mit der Rom kein empfang :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mozart40:
Vielleicht schreibst du dem Entwickler mal eine PM, evtl. kann er dir ja helfen.

Gruß Kai
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Russian-Style:
ne macht er nicht :(

Der hat ja nichma auf meine frage wie man es flasht geantwortet :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GiZmo80:
Welches Basebrand??? Kommt schonmal vor das über n Rom Bit gewissen Basebrands Probleme mit dem GSM macht
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] franky_402:
so im trying to root my sisters mytouch 3g and it was originally 2.2.1 with a "perfect" spl, i used rom manager to flash clockwork mod, that failed and left me with no recovery, so i followed the guide to make a goldcard and was able to get it to the 2005 spl which showed s-off H (its a google branded phone) I was then able to flash clockworkmod recovery I then tried to flash cm6 to the phone and it just sat at the splash screen. I tried 2 other roms as well with the same results. Then i was reading more and it said the 2004 spl was s-off G so i went to flash that, it said flashing complete restart phone through menu to complete i did that and the update screen came up for a second then the screen went black.. Now i cant boot into hboot, recovery, or fastboot. Im thinking the phone is now bricked! Are there any other tricks to try and bring this thing back..I read somewhere about jtagging but could really find much about it. I need to get this thing working asap and dont even understand how this happened.. Ive hacked alot of things and this little phone as been the most confusing and time consuming thing to date. also if it helps it was radio version 3 something. When i try to boot using power and back the splash comes up and if i keep holding after about 4 seconds it reboots again, if i let go a second after the splash screen it just sits at the splash until i pull the battery after a few minutes.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Its a brick. I'll tell you now that you can find a step by step process on using JTAG in the Wiki, but its not an easy process. Your going to have to have some moderate electronic knowledge plus moderate knowledge of how the phone boots to get it working. Your better bet would be to have it replaced under the warranty or insurance if you have either. If not, your second best bet would be to find someone who already has a working JTAG setup and see if you can get them to help you out.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] djtar:
dang another mt3g down noobs need to ask for help

here is a link to a jtag tutorial

best of luck
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] chrisredmayne:
I really want to play and old version of Champ Man on my phone - is there any way to do this? Wouldnt need much spec to run the software
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vess_csm:
I planing to buy a milestone second hand.

the guy says that the phone doesn't want to format the memory card - he says it's from the software. so he is selling it pretty cheap. the phone is in warranty till august 2012.

i intend to buy it, root and flash custom rom and i think this will fix the issue.

do you guys think this can be a hardware problem though?

or maybe the memory card is in bad shape and he doesn't know it? :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] djefkbefke:
You can always format the memory card using a laptop or a computer..

If the card itself is in bad shape, buy a new one, they aren't that expensive :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vess_csm:
he sais the phone cannot format the card and shows that the card is not formated ( i'm asuming he tryed formating on the pc and still dones't work).

can the problem be from the hardware?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] salisbury_steak:
It can.

Easiest way to find out is meet with the seller, and bring a fat32 formatted microsd card with you.

If the phone can read it, then go ahead and buy it. If it cannot (and the seller is telling you that you cannot return merchandise), then you might be taking an uncalculated risk there.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vess_csm:
thanks for the info. i will test it with the card from my htc tattoo.

but if the problem is from the software, than a custom ROM can fix it i guess. well it's maybe a try and risk case and i'll have to sell it afterwards.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] m0jo:
well i had this sdcard issue as well. Neither my phone nor ubuntu could format my sdcard. A new 8 GB card for 9,50€ solved it for me so maybe its the same for you ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] geevee11:
Wait, the warrant is up to aug 2012?

AFAIK, Motorola only issues 1 year of warranty.

You should ask him again
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] DannyDroid:
If you are looking for true custom ROMs then I would look else ware due to the Milestones looked bootloader.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vess_csm:
i was just looking arround for a phone better than what i have - htc tattoo. i love the little thing and don't need anything extremly fast/new or fancy. milestone is nice and the price is good. i just hope this can be worked around with th e sd card
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] DannyDroid:
Yeah, just get another one.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vishalmullur:
Before formatting sdcard you chose an option-settings/sdcard and phone storage/unmount sdcard for safe removal. Then you can format sdcard form the phone itself.

I am pretty sure that's the issue because it happened with me too.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] iLurk:
wrong thread
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] friz:
Take with you working sd card an try to format it with phone if it can't format it do a hard reset and try again. When you do hard reset and if the phone can't format card I think this is hardware problem may be the sd card slot is damaged. If everything is ok buy it Milestone is very good android device.
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
any app to boost the media volume?? i know bout mixzing bt it didnt work, i want to boost the volume fr the entire phone nt just when using mixzing... i find dhd volume too soft
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamzeit:
Guys,

I have my rooted Atrix running Launcher Pro - working just great. However, I'm trying to add a Shortcut to one of my Email accounts to the Home Screen - which I have done 100 times before with other Android devices....you click on Add Shortcut, select Email - and then it asks you which account you want the shortcut to go to - and you select it. Easy - BUT - it isn't working form me on the Atrix....even after a reboot post-adding the new email accounts. For the life of me - I can't seem to get this to work. When I go to Add Shortcut and select Applications, and then select "Email" - it goes to my Default account - and won't let me change it.

WTF? It's earliy on a Sunday morning and maybe my coffee hasn't kicked-in yet...granted...but what am I missing here? This is driving me batty!

Please help - thanks!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
As far as i know this is how it works on all moto phones. There are 3 email shortcuts:

1. Default account

2. Messaging -> folder with all accounts

3. Gmail - Gmail push app

Maybe there is a 3rd party app, but I have not heard of one.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DesireC:
Forgive a relative noob, but are Desire GSM and Desire CDMA ROMs different? I have an Incredible but am trying to index Desire ROMs for http://www.heylisten.org/ROMs/android and don't know whether to categorize them differently. The Inc, of course, along with almost everything else, has only one version, so there's no question there, but I'm stumped on the Desire. I don't want to confuse anyone, but I don't want to force users to reflash unnecessarily. Thanks in advance for answers!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asp2010:
CDMA and GSM are different types of mobile networks. Because of their different way of functioning, phones need have specific hardware and drivers to be able to use the network. That said, a CDMA phone will not function using a GSM network and vice-versa. Usually, networks are GSM (all over Europe, and I don't think there is any country in the world which has only CDMA networks). The only CDMA's I know of are USA's Sprint and Verizon, though I don't know much about Asia and Canada.

The ROM's are different when it comes to the radio, and a bad radio WILL brick the device, so you should definitelly state which one are for CDMA and which for GSM (there's a chatch here: since a lot of the Disire's are GSM, you could specify all ROM's are for GSM, unless stated they're for CDMA).
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oddbubble:
i found this at about post 2500 but it works and i thought it might be helpfull to anyone who is haveing problem with super one click

1. disable your anti-virus

2. pull your streak battery off

3. run SuperOneClick with admin rights

4. put your battery back and turn on

5. Unmount SD card

6. Enable debugging mode

7. Connect your USB cable

8. Click Root "I'm did using rageagainstthecage"

9. Enjoy and don't forget your anti-virus

and here is a link to the post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682&highlight=dell+streak&page=254
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jrblack:
I know it is probably simple but I cant seem to figure it out.Ive tried about everything but I can go to settings and click on gingerbread keyboard but it doesnt change, Ive tried holding down about every key on the keyboard to get the input thing to come up but it never comes up to change the keyboard input style.Thanxs in advance
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baram:
long press and input field.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omgzilla85:
Is there a way to continue using swype but on the Gingerbread keyboard? Or remove the warm z keyboard theme?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris7os:
No, swype and ginger keyboard are separate programs.

You can simply install a non themed version of the stock keyboard.

Check out the first couple of posts on the warm z thread, there are links to tons of mods, including keyboards.